Panama canal would be subject to attacks from panama. They felt the United States use of the canal would be far muir secure if panama owned the canal. Carter agreed, but he added one additional element. He explained it to me in an interview. I felt like the canal issue was a key test of my overall human rights policy, to start treating other people as worthy of respect and not try to dominate small countries. I wanted to treat panama fairly. I had studied the issue fairly thoroughly and i was convinced it was an unfair original agreement that was forced upon the panamanian people against their will. That was one difference that set carter apart. The other difference was that he did something about his judgment. He fought and won the battle to get the treaties approved. Fascinated byen the canal as child when reading richard halliburtons book of marvels, in which the adventurer described the history of the canal and then told of swimming its length. He paid a total of . 36 because he wa
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] a [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. It is a sunny day in miami. I am the dean of the college at Miami Dade College ended is the pleasure to be with you today for the 2014 Miami Book Fair international. The book fair is great for for the support of the night foundation, American Airlines and many other generous supporters. We would like to acknowledge special people in the audience today. I see some of you here. Thank you for your continued support. [applause] todays presentation features two speakers. We will reserve time for q a. If you entry would have been given an index card. Please be certain to jot your questions down on the card and pass them to the right on this side and on that side as well. We will be collecting them throughout the program. At this time we invite you to silence your cellphon
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Beset by diabetes and benefited by modern science and the like good question. Is there an ex Expiration Date for societies. A friend of mine from new guinea said you should not talk about traditional cites but transitional cites because all socalled tradition cites are changing. Societies they have all seen the airplanes ahead. And they have have been contacted. What their fate . My expectation is that they will retain selectively part of what is traditional. An example is japan. Japan is a prime example of selective change. The japanese now compared to 200 years. They wear western clothes, and perform opera and play the violen but they still speak in chinese and i would expect the traditional societies will change but they will not disappear on the face of the planet. And i think that is a good place to end. Please be careful in the shower and thank jarred diamond. [ applause ] [inaudible conversations] we will like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback. Twitter. Com booktv. You ar